Quotes and Citations Excitement Galore

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Quotes and Citations Excitement Galore!

• Citing sources
• Setting up Quotes
• Integrating quotes

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To Cite or Not to Cite
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What does not need to be cited?

• All information that would be considered common
  knowledge
• Anything that we would consider encyclopedia
  information (birthdays, basic statistics, basic
  facts)
• Anything that is your idea or opinion (although
  these need to be supported with facts and
  information)

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What does need to be cited?

• The exact words of another
• Primary source quotes from literature
• A dictionary definition that must be precise
• The original ideas, research, critical analysis,
  or opinions of another (even if paraphrased in
  your words)

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When should I quote?

• When what is said is stated much better than you
  could ever say it.
• When it is something that must be exact like a
  definition or a formula
• When the quote adds dimension, meaning, or
  insight to your supporting point

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If I dont quote, what are my options?

• Paraphrase
• Summary
• Still need to cite these if not common
  knowledge

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QUOTING!!!A quote should be sandwiched between
the point you are trying to make and your
follow-up analysis of how the quote demonstrates
that point.

• I. Set up the quote by stating your point.
• II. Attribute the quote with a dialogue tag
  introducing the speaker of the quote.
• III. Cite the quote in parentheses (last name
  pg).
• IV. Analyze how the quote proves your point.

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STEP 1 Set up your quote.

• Set up the quote before integrating it. Take
  enough time to reveal the context without
  summarizing plot.

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STEP 2 Attribute quote.

• Do NOT do the following in introducing your
  quote
• Heres a quote by
• The book says . . .
• The quote says . . .
• In the following quote
• This can be seen in the quote

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STEP 2 Attribute quote, cont.

• Make sure you attribute the quote to someone.
  Tell us who is speaking!
• Formal (Needs a comma)
• Rudkus says,
• Rudkus notes the physical deformities among the
  workers, saying
• As Sinclair explains,
• Informal (part of your sentence doesnt need a
  comma)
• Jurgis describes a workday that began at four
  oclock in the morning

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STEP 3 Cite the quote

• Ex Jurgis says, Each in its way was as horrible
  as the killing beds (Sinclair 305).
• If author is mentioned in body of your essay, do
  not need it again in citation Ex Sinclair
  describes a workday that began at four oclock
  in the morning (305).

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Use parenthetical citations also for indirect
quotes or critical analysis of another

• Indirect Quote
• After observing the factory, Rudkus notices that
  many of the workers have physical deformities as
  reminders of the brutal tasks they perform daily.
  (Sinclair 305)
• Paraphrase of critical analysis
• Critic Arthur Goldblum sees the novel as a
  seething indictment of unregulated industry
  during the Progressive era. (Muckrakers 12)

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STEP 4 Analyze the quote

• Do not explain the quote we understand. Make a
  more sophisticated analysis of the quote by tying
  it to your thesis or main point.

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When does a quote lose its effectiveness?

• When its too long (People tend not to read
  beyond a certain point)
• When its not properly set up integrated
• When you dont take enough time for the reader
  to understand its significance
• When it has little to do with the point you are
  trying to make

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MODEL QUOTE INTEGRATION

• Maggie, on the other hand, is typical prey of the
  Bowery jungle. Naïve and inexperienced when she
  meets Pete, Maggie immediately places all her
  hope and future in that relationship. Crane
  describes how Maggie leaned with a dependent air
  toward her companion timid, as if fearing his
  anger or displeasure (39). Here, Maggie takes
  on the submissive role of the relationship,
  becoming vulnerable to predators like Pete and
  Nell. Even after Pete leaves her, Maggie fails
  to adapt to her harsh environment, leading to her
  death or natural selection.